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Geoffrey A. Landis

Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis is a scientist and a science fiction writer. As an SF writer, he has won the Hugo and Nebula awards for short fiction, and it the author of one novel, Mars Crossing, and a collection of short stories. His most recent novella, "The Sultan of the Clouds," appeared in the September 2010 issue of Asimov's which was nominated for a Hugo Award this year. As a scientist, he works at NASA John Glenn Research Center, on projects as varied as developing technology for Venus exploration, advanced power systems for spacecraft, telerobotic exploration of the planets, and interstellar travel, and is a member of the Mars Exploration Rovers science team. He has appeared on a number of television programs, most recently Michio Kaku's Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible, on which he explained the concept of floating cities on Venus.

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